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this is about the economic future of america. and the conclusion of the ryan -- ryan hard finding is your future economic properties are compromised. they are reduced. and they are reduced substantially. that's why this matters. i believe the only way we're going to solve this is by enacting a comprehensive debt reduction plan. we need a plan in the size and scope of what was presented by the fiscal commission. it would reduce the debt by 4 trillion over the next decade and put us on a course to get the debt stabilizes -- so we can be in the -- i believe a plan like the commission plan must include spending cuts and title changes that lower's rates and the commission plan provided for such a balanced approach. its savings include mandatory spending and reff knew. they are used only to extend program's solvency. not for definite reduction. if this is one message i'd like to get out there as clearly as i can, the savings in social security were redirected to social security. not for definite reduction. this chart highlights the key
this is about the economic future of america. and the conclusion of the ryan -- ryan hard finding is your future economic properties are compromised. they are reduced. and they are reduced substantially. that's why this matters. i believe the only way we're going to solve this is by enacting a comprehensive debt reduction plan. we need a plan in the size and scope of what was presented by the fiscal commission. it would reduce the debt by 4 trillion over the next decade and put us on a course...
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make it in america. if america is going to make it, then we have to make it in america. what are we making? we need to make all of the things that this economy and this world needs for energy security, photovoltaic, geothermal, advanced biofuels, all of those things in the energy sector that allows us to prosper and address the energy crisis, including and i know the problem of japan and the nuclear systems there. but 20% of our energy presently comes from nuclear and that's going to be part of the future. so we need to make sure we make it well, safely and that those systems are made in america. manufacturing matters. and we need to make sure that our manufacturing sector is up to speed and actually making things in america. we cannot count on the chinese or the indians or any other nation to provide us with our manufactured goods. and the reason is, that's where the well paid middle-class jobsr spent hollowed out in the last decade by unwise policies, but nonetheless, we can restore it. and let me tell you a couple of ways we are proposing to do this in the democratic
make it in america. if america is going to make it, then we have to make it in america. what are we making? we need to make all of the things that this economy and this world needs for energy security, photovoltaic, geothermal, advanced biofuels, all of those things in the energy sector that allows us to prosper and address the energy crisis, including and i know the problem of japan and the nuclear systems there. but 20% of our energy presently comes from nuclear and that's going to be part of...
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Mar 17, 2011
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we have to start standing up to america here. i appreciate and respect every member of this congress who served in the military. we honor them. just as they honor the members of my own family. my father, frank, who is a world war ii veteran. my brother, frank, who was a vietnam veteran. my brother, a vet ram-era veteran. my sister, an army veteran. i come from a family that appreciates service to our country. but how are we serving our troops by letting them in a situation that's impossible? whether it's greater numbers of them returning home with injuries from i.e.d.'s, how are we serving our troops by telling them we are going to keep extending the period of the war? who's speaking up truly for our troops here? is it general petraeus who says, we'll just keep the war going and maybe we'll, maybe we'll send 2,000 troops out of afghanistan or redirect them by 2014. . he doesn't get to make the choice. that choice must be made by the congress of the united states. it's time we started to stand up for the constitution of the united
we have to start standing up to america here. i appreciate and respect every member of this congress who served in the military. we honor them. just as they honor the members of my own family. my father, frank, who is a world war ii veteran. my brother, frank, who was a vietnam veteran. my brother, a vet ram-era veteran. my sister, an army veteran. i come from a family that appreciates service to our country. but how are we serving our troops by letting them in a situation that's impossible?...
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turning america's lowest performing schools around. this is something that has not received as much attention as it should, but it could hardly be more important to our country. right now, there are about 2000 high schools in america, about 12% of the total number of high schools in america, that produced nearly half of the young people the drop at a school. -- drop out of school. we note these schools are often found in rural areas or in big cities like miami, many of these schools have a lot of haitian americans, african-americans, and other minority students. miami central used to be one of the schools. used to. [applause] but it is important for us to remember where we has been so we know where we need to go. this is to be a place where the problems on the street followed kids into the classrooms. it was hard for young people to learn. where the dream of college was out of reach for too many. or there was a culture of failure -- where there was a culture of failure that brought everybody down. turnaround these schools -- turning ar
turning america's lowest performing schools around. this is something that has not received as much attention as it should, but it could hardly be more important to our country. right now, there are about 2000 high schools in america, about 12% of the total number of high schools in america, that produced nearly half of the young people the drop at a school. -- drop out of school. we note these schools are often found in rural areas or in big cities like miami, many of these schools have a lot...
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Mar 31, 2011
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also had a wish for the future america. he said, my wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. webster: mr. speaker, by the direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 189 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. caller: house calendar number 22, house resolution 189. resolved, that at any time after the adoption of this resolution the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill h.r. 658, to amend title 49, united states code, to authorize appropriations for the federal aviation administration for fiscal years 2011 through 2014, to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, an
also had a wish for the future america. he said, my wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. webster: mr. speaker, by the direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 189 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the...
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and this bill is just the mini version of a larger republican drive to -- that america -- across america to -- that america's finally rerepresentative-elect jd -- reject add week ago. i'm against starting a short-term cuts, short-term c.r.'s that results in a bleed of the american middle class. speaker boehner stated earlier this week before the national religious broadcasters convention, he says, if they don't eat the whole loaf one at a time, he said of democrats, we'll make them eat it one slice at a time. this is what this c.r., this short-term c.r. is all about. one slice at a time. with the goal of making -- shoving a whole loaf down the throat of the american people. the american people don't want the republican layoff. they want jobs. let's be clear. the bill before us today is just one more battle in this fight, in this battle to keep american jobs. it's the same job cut that republicans passed a week ago. just a two-week version of it. the republicans' reckless so be it attitude on spending destroys jobs and threaten america's economy. so you don't have to take my word for it.
and this bill is just the mini version of a larger republican drive to -- that america -- across america to -- that america's finally rerepresentative-elect jd -- reject add week ago. i'm against starting a short-term cuts, short-term c.r.'s that results in a bleed of the american middle class. speaker boehner stated earlier this week before the national religious broadcasters convention, he says, if they don't eat the whole loaf one at a time, he said of democrats, we'll make them eat it one...